Pedro Pierluisi actually said...

H.R. 2499 creates 'an artificial majority for statehood' because the territorial 'Commonwealth' option is, or was not competing directly with the other options.

Context

Pierluisi defends the neutrality of H.R. 2499 against claims of bias toward statehood.

05/18/2010

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